Another MS Orthopaedics medico at Sassoon Hospital suspended for alleged involvement in abandoning disabled patient
Pune: Another first-year postgraduate student of the Department of Orthopaedics at Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) has been suspended for alleged involvement in the abandonment of a handicapped patient by forceful discharge on July 22.
This comes after an internal committee probing the incident found the involvement of a second junior medical student in escorting the patient out of the hospital, who had lost both of his legs and was undergoing treatment at the hospital.
Medical Dialogues team, last week reported that a first-year student pursuing a master's in surgery in orthopaedics was suspended after he along with his colleague abandoned a destitute patient on a road several kilometres away from the hospital.
The patient, a 32-year-old resident of Madhya Pradesh, who was admitted for treatment after a bus accident on June 16 had lost both legs and was taken out of the hospital and left to fend for himself on July 22 at midnight. Following this, the dean of BJ Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital, Dr Eknath Pawar initiated an inquiry into the incident after police registered a case against the doctor under section 125 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
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